Sharapova advances to 3rd round of Madrid Open

(MENAFN- Arab News) MADRID: Maria Sharapova advanced to the third round of the Madrid Open by beating Mariana Duque-Marino of Colombia 6-1 6-2 on Tuesday.
The third-seeded Russian broke Duque-Marino's serve four times while saving three break points on her own serve.
'She is someone who if you give her time creates angles slices and usually drop-shots a lot more than she did in this match because she has the hands and the ability to do so' Sharapova said.
Fourth-seeded Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic also advanced beating Coco Vandeweghe of the United States 6-4 2-6 6-3.
Also Barbora Strycova of the Czech Republic beat Varvara Lepchenko of the United States 6-4 6-2 and Victoria Azarenka of Belarus defeated Ajla Tomljanovic of Croatia 6-3 6-3.
In the men's tournament 10th-seeded Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria advanced after Donald Young of the United States had to retire from the match because of injury.
The 25-year-old Young received treatment for back pain while trailing 6-4 3-0 and was unable to resume play.
Dimitrov will next face Fabio Fognini of Italy.
Also advancing was Jo-Wilfred Tsonga Gael Monfils Leonardo Mayer and Alberto Ramos-Vinolas.

Quick-change Murray working to acclimatize to Madrid
Andy Murray was working on Tuesday to make a one-day turnaround from slow heavy conditions in Munich to the high-altitude faster-bouncing clay of the Spanish capital in order to be ready for an opening challenge at the Madrid Masters.
The third-ranked Scot arrived after winning his first clay title in Munich in a delayed Monday final but was facing a race against time to adjust to the totally different courts of Madrid's Caja Magica.
'(Winning on Munich clay) is obviously a positive for me it was a goal that I had for this year' said Murray who can boast of only a trio of quarter-final placings since Madrid changed to clay in 2009.
Murray beat German Philipp Kohlschreiber in the three-hour German final and could run into his opponent in the second round on Wednesday should Kohlschreiber defeat qualifier Alejandro Falla in the first round.
'It was an extremely tough match and a dramatic finish. That always makes it a little bit nicer' Murray said of his success.
'This gives me a little bit more confidence obviously with the French Open just a few weeks to go.
'It's nice to win events at any level. I hope I can have a good run at one of the next two events either here or Rome and get myself ready for the French.'
Murray's Munich win also marked a standout first week with new coach Jonas Bjorkman with the experienced Swede coming aboard to pick up the team slack due to the pregnancy of groundbreaking female coach Amelie Mauresmo.
'There were a lot of rain delays but the positives were that we also got to spend quite a lot of time at the site getting to know each other and him getting to know the team well too' Murray said of his opening week with Bjorkman.
'Obviously the outcome of the tournament was a good positive start and hopefully I can continue that this week.'
Murray was heading quickly to the practice courts for an acclimatizing hit-out on the Madrid clay.
'Conditions last week were very different to what they are here. Obviously I think a little bit more altitude here. But it's been very warm. Last week it was very cold a lot of the days and raining.
'It's going to be a tricky turnaround. I practice this afternoon and will just make the best of the time that I've got before my match tomorrow (Wednesday).'